The Official blog of Richard N Ash MD

Richard N Ash and Bear living a healthy life

I opened the Ash Center on 5th Avenue over 12 years ago because although I was a trained Medical Doctor in the traditional sense, 25 years ago I got sick and was diagnosed with severe joint pain and a form of arthritis called gout. I consulted various experts, all of whom recommended drugs to reduce the inflamation, my body was pumped full of every drug imaginable to get me well, I had joint pains and aches I never knew a body could have. Over time, my pain became more frequent, and I required higher doses of stronger drugs. At one point I was taking the maximum allowable doses of the powerful anti-inflammatory drug prednisone, and I had sortisone injected into my joints. Did all this pill taking work? no it didn’t so I championed a proactive approach to personal health, urging people to rid their bodies of toxins and embrace the power of non-invasive medical techniques and therapies in order to prevent health problems from ever beginning.

At the Ash Center my patients can under go a full overhaul in health and nutritional assessments, we will analyze body fluids, current diets, eating patterns, allergies and natural immune deficiencies that are unique to every single human. In our comfortable center we offer both Western and alternative therapies to help our patients to not only improve the quality of their lives but in many cases help them to treat deadly and debilitating diseases.

I tell my patients to ‘Say goodbye to those shots and pills’ as we can offer services and therapies which include: Allergy Assessment, Neutralization, Natural Hormonal Replacement, Chelation a non-surgical procedure to unclog the arteries, Intravenous Vitamins, Acupuncture and Chiropractic Therapies.

One of the services I am so proud of is the Reconstructive Therapy, which injects various nutritional solutions into the arthritic joints, injured tendons, degenerated discs to alleviate the pain and most importantly forgoing the need for surgery altogether. This technique promotes the body’s own natural healing ability and strengthens the weakened area.

I often ask people “What are you going to do, wait for something to happen to you and then start paying attention to your health?” A classic example of this is when a 17 year old boy with colitis came to me desperate for help because other doctors wanted to remove his colon in order to save his life. What happened next was dramatic. After performing some tests, we discovered that the foods and chemicals in his body were acting like glass in his colon, and vital vitamins and nutrients were unable to absorb into his body. After only two months of vitamin, mineral and nutrient therapy, the gastro-intestinal doctors could find no trace of the colitis.

I love it when a patient comes into the Ash Center and tells me they have been everywhere and seen everyone and I am their last hope, a last ditch for some results – Believe me he or she gets them.